Year: 2012
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CC photo #112: Our conference poster up at Hotel Føroyar
A nice touch up at Hotel Føroyar, where most of our foreign guests stay during the 11th Nordic Conference in Elementary Swimming Teaching this weekend.
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11th Nordic Conference in Elementary Swimming Teaching launched
So I’m a bit busy filming and doing other stuff, and it seems that at the same time this website is struggling because of going over the allocated memory resources (read: too much success :-). But the conference is on, first lecturer Jens Bruun is speaking, see www.neg2012.com. And by the way, I’m putting pictures…
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CC photo #111: Oussama Mellouli after the Dubai 2010 men’s 1500 freestyle
A memorable moment on TV in our hotel room in Dubai, from when Tunesia’s Oussama Mellouli had swum his 1500 freestyle at the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Championships morning session, ending up winning in the impressive time of 14:24.16.
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British Gas GBR Swimming Team – 100 Days to Go
A video from yesterday, now on YouTube with 99 days to go ! :-)
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South African trials: Crous, Le Clos qualify for the Olympics
At the South African Nationals today, Charl Crous confirmed his qualification in the men’s 100 backstroke by winning the final with a time of 54.18, well under the FINA A cut of 54.40. Chad Le Clos qualified for a third swim in the Olympics with a time of 1:55.30 in the men’s 200 butterfly, third-ranked…
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Russian Trials: Korotyshkin, Vyatchanin qualify for the Olympics
At the Russian National Championships today, Alexander Tikhonov qualified for the Olympics with a 4:15.25 in the men’s 400 IM, Evgeny Korotyshkin and and Nikolay Skvortsov with a tight 52.07 to 52.08 in the men’s 100 butterfly ahead of Nikita Konovalov in 52.15, and Arkady Vyatchanin and Vladimir Morozov with 53.91 and 53.93 respectively in…
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Top five ways swimming is beneficial to people with multiple sclerosis
Very positive read here on sports.yahoo.com, on how swimming is beneficial to people with multiple sclerosis, because 1) it is social no matter medical condition, 2) it is effective but gentle strength training, 3) it relaxes and brings down stress level, 4) it is cooling even when training on hot days (and has the added…
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Stewie the Duck launches free water safety app on iTunes
Stew Leonard III Children’s Charities today announced the launch of its new Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim mobile app for iPad and iPhone. The app, which is free of charge, is the first app of its kind designed to promote water safety to children. It was remarkably approved by Apple on April 4, 2012,…
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Iranian diplomat accused of fondling kids at Brazilian swimming club
An Iranian diplomat has been accused of fondling girls at a local swimming pool in Brazil’s capital city Brasilia, a case testing local perceptions of diplomatic immunity laws. Witnesses said the diplomat had been pretending to swim around the pool in a “duck-diving” manner, police said. While underwater, however, the diplomat surreptitiously fondled four girls…